When my wife and I visited Brazil a few years ago, I constantly noted how proud the Brazilian people are of the parts of their culture that were directly/indirectly influenced by Africans but the government and system marginalizes Black Brazilians. Where have we seen that before? Hmmmmm..
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Brazillian council woman
#mariellefranco,
the assassinated PSOL council woman Marielle Franco, 38, was shot dead inside a car in the Central Region of Rio de Janeiro, on Wednesday night. Marielle had participated in the event called "Black Youth Moving the Structures" in Lapa that evening.
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In addition to Marielle, the driver of the vehicle also died. Another passenger, the adviser Fernanda Chaves, who works in the councilwoman's office, survived the attack. Marielle leaves a daughter of 19 years. Many believe that her death was orchestrated by the police and the very people she criticized publicly. There is now a national outcry for justice and an end to the war against Black people in Brasil, a nation that is 55% Black. .
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Marielle Franco was a popular councilwoman from Rio de Janeiro; the 5th most voted for in the city. She was a vocal critic of police brutality and their deadly violence against black people in the favelas, the city and country. A level of genocide and violence against the black communities there that is on par with what we see in Syria and Afghanistan. .
For those around the world, who have dedicated their lives and careers to the liberation and equality of Blacks (and all people's), now is the time to extend our attention and efforts to the 110 million of us living in Brazil and the tens of millions more throughout Latin America, who literally share our same blood, culture, ancestors, history and struggles. We are the same people and we are bigger than the individual nations we were all taken to on slave ships. Aśe ✊🏾 .
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